Following his failed bid for the governorship in 1978, Jere Beasley and several peers founded

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Jere Beasley Sr.

Following his failed bid for the governorship in 1978, Jere Beasley and several peers founded what is now Beasley, Allen, Crow, Methvin, Portis and Miles, P.C., a powerhouse group of trial lawyers that has become one of the leading firms in the United States.